The Best Episodes of The Looming Tower Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(867 votes)

   #1 - Now It Begins…

   S1:E12/28/2018

   The chief of the FBI’s counter-terrorism unit, John O’Neill, invites rookie Muslim-American agent, Ali Soufan, onto his squad. Fighting to get information from the CIA, they soon realize their work is just beginning…as two American embassies are bombed.

   Director:Alex Gibney

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Alex Gibney

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.9/10(717 votes)

   #2 - Losing My Religion

   S1:E22/28/2018

   Following the simultaneous embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, the FBI begins its investigation on the ground, while the CIA starts working on a retaliation plan.

   Director:John Dahl

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:John Dahl

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.0/10(683 votes)

   #3 - Mistakes Were Made

   S1:E32/28/2018

   The FBI finds one of the surviving terrorists and discovers a game changing lead in Nairobi, while the CIA’s retaliation plan in approved.

   Director:John Dahl

   Writer:Bathsheba Doran

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   Director:John Dahl

   Writer:Bathsheba Doran
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   7.3/10(619 votes)

   #4 - Mercury

   S1:E43/7/2018

   Continuing to keep information from the FBI, Schmidt is fired from Alec Station. Diane makes an important discovery about the owner of the phone number Owhali gave Chesney. O'Neill searches for solace in his faith as his personal and professional lives crumble before him.

   Director:Ali Selim

   Writer:Adam Rapp

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   Director:Ali Selim

   Writer:Adam Rapp
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   7.3/10(607 votes)

   #5 - Y2K

   S1:E53/14/2018

   The CIA and FBI are on high alert as threats surrounding the new millennium abound. O’Neill and Soufan raid an AQ cell in Brooklyn. The CIA continues to hide vital information from the FBI while they track suspicious individuals entering the U.S.

   Director:Ali Selim

   Writer:Shannon Houston

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   Director:Ali Selim

   Writer:Shannon Houston
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   7.6/10(605 votes)

   #6 - Boys at War

   S1:E63/21/2018

   Vince continues asking for permission to share Mihdhar’s visa with the FBI. O’Neill loses his briefcase and an investigation into his handling of classified materials begins. A boy, radicalized after the CIA’s retaliation attack killed his friend, travels to Yemen to start his own martyrdom journey.

   Director:Michael Slovis

   Writer:Dan Futterman

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   Director:Michael Slovis

   Writer:Dan Futterman
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   7.6/10(577 votes)

   #7 - The General

   S1:E73/28/2018

   O’Neill and Soufan travel to Yemen to begin the investigation into the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. The FBI becomes aware of a meeting in Malaysia and of Khallad, without knowing the CIA has been aware of both of those things for months.

   Director:Michael Slovis

   Writer:Ali Selim

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   Director:Michael Slovis

   Writer:Ali Selim
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   7.7/10(566 votes)

   #8 - A Very Special Relationship

   S1:E84/4/2018

   Everyone adjusts to a new president and, with it, a shift in threat priority. Soufan learns of the importance of UBL’s bodyguard and is refused access to him. O’Neill is denied re-entry into Yemen and forced to resign. The terrorists in the U.S., Hazmi, Mihdhar and Atta, are lost by their U.S. handler.

   Director:Craig Zisk

   Writer:Bathsheba Doran

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   Director:Craig Zisk

   Writer:Bathsheba Doran
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   7.8/10(584 votes)

   #9 - Tuesday

   S1:E94/11/2018

   The CIA becomes aware that Hazmi and Mihdhar are gone and must relay that to the FBI. O’Neill accepts a job as head of security at the World Trade Center. Soufan is sent back to Yemen. Hazmi, Mihdhar and Atta head to Vegas for a final indulgence.

   Director:Craig Zisk

   Writer:Adam Rapp

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   Director:Craig Zisk

   Writer:Adam Rapp
10. 

    8.7/10(649 votes)

    #10 - 9/11

    S1:E104/18/2018

    Nobody can get a hold of O'Neill on Sept. 11, 2001; Soufan's evacuation from Yemen stops short as the CIA Station Chief gives him the answers he has been seeking from the CIA; Schmidt is reinstated into Alec Station; Soufan interrogates Abu Jandal.

    Director:Craig Zisk

    Writers:Dan Futterman, Ali Selim

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    Director:Craig Zisk

    Writers:Dan Futterman, Ali Selim